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D6787 / 37087 

© English Electric Growl / Dean Tabor
Class 37/0 no. 37087 stands at the blocks at Kyle of Lochalsh on September 6th, 1992 after arrival with 2H83, the 1115 from Inverness.

© Dean Tabor
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Scrapped
Last Number Carried
37087
Scrapped by
C.F. Booth Ltd
Scrapped at
Rotherham Yard
Date Scrapped
March 5th, 2013
Works Number
3214/8333
Constructed At
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn, Darlington Works, Darlington, County Durham.
Built for
British Transport Commission
Date Accepted
31st December 1962
Classified as
17/3 Class
Number Carried
D6787
Livery Carried
British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Depot Allocation
52A, Gateshead (Newcastle)
Numberings
Date Number Notes
New D6787  
02/1974 # 37087  

 

Classifications
Date Class Notes
New 17/3 Class  
06/05/1973 Class 37  
01/1987 # Class 37/0  
From To Name
29/11/1989 04/1990 #
Vulcan
12/05/2003 12/2004 #
Vulcan Avro B1& B2
05/06/2008 11/02/2013
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Depot Allocation List
Date Code Depot Notes
New 52A
Gateshead (Newcastle)
 
10/07/1966 50A
York
 
19/02/1967 50B
Hull Dairycoates
 
14/05/1967 51L
Thornaby
 
11/06/1967 52A
Gateshead (Newcastle)
 
01/10/1967 51L
Thornaby
 
22/12/1968 52A
Gateshead (Newcastle)
 
06/05/1973 GD
Gateshead TMD
 
05/01/1975 TE
Thornaby TMD
 
06/07/1975 TI
Tinsley TMD
 
25/04/1976 MR
March TMD
 
11/05/1986 SF
Stratford TMD
 
16/07/1989 TI
Tinsley TMD
 
25/03/1990 ED
Eastfield TMD (Glasgow)
 
09/02/1992 IS
Inverness TMD
 
20/03/1994 ML
Motherwell TMD
 
28/05/1995 BS
Bescot TMD
 
14/01/1996 SP
Wigan Springs Branch
 
27/09/1996 BS
Bescot TMD
 
17/01/1997 CD
Crewe DMD
 
14/03/1997 HQ
Headquarters
 
09/08/2002 BH
Barrow Hill
 
02/02/2005 KM
Kingmoor TMD
 

Sector Allocation List
Date Depot Sector Details
01/01/1989 SF
LNRA - Freightliner, Stratford Class 37 Pool
16/07/1989 TI
FGET - Freight Speedlink, Tinsley Class 37 Pool
25/03/1990 ED
DCHA - Departmental, Regional Civil Engineer - Scottish Pool
09/02/1992 IS
DCHC - ScotRail Civil Engineers Inverness Locos
30/03/1992 IS
RAJV - Regional Railways ScotRail, Inverness Locos
20/03/1994 ML
LGSV - Trainload Freight West, ML Class 37 (North Scotland)
28/05/1995 BS
LBLB - Transrail, BS Class 37
14/01/1996 SP
LWCC - Transrail, SP Class 37 (North West)
21/01/1996 SP
LWCW - Transrail, SP Class 37 (North West)
27/09/1996 BS
LBLB - Transrail, BS Class 37
17/01/1997 CD
LWCW - EWS (Transrail), Crewe Diesel Class 37 (Infrastructure)
14/03/1997 HQ
LCWX - Transrail, Strategic Reserve
07/09/1998 HQ
WNXX - EWS, Locomotives for Storage
10/12/1999 HQ
WNYX - EWS, Locomotives for Component Recovery
16/12/2001 HQ
WNZX - EWS, Locomotives for Disposal
09/08/2002 BH
HNRS - Harry Needle Rail Ltd, Stored Locomotives
16/04/2003 BH
HNRL - Harry Needle Rail Ltd, Locomotives For Lease
02/02/2005 KM
XHCK - DRS, Kingmoor 37 + 47
11/09/2005 KM
XHMW - DRS Locomotives, In Works
26/09/2005 KM
XHNC - DRS Locomotives, Nuclear Traffic
27/09/2005 KM
XHMW - DRS Locomotives, In Works
04/04/2006 KM
XHNC - DRS Locomotives, Nuclear Traffic
29/09/2006 KM
XHNR - DRS Locomotives, Network Rail
03/01/2007 KM
XHNC - DRS Locomotives, Nuclear Traffic
02/01/2008 KM
XHHP - DRS, De-registered Locomotives
11/09/2008 KM
XHNC - DRS Locomotives, Nuclear Traffic
14/06/2012 KM
XHSS - DRS, Stored Locomotives
Date Livery
Dec '62
British Railways Green - Small Warning Panel
Dec '72
British Rail Blue
Apr '90
Departmental Grey
Apr '91
Civil Engineers Yellow/Grey
Apr '03
HNRC Yellow/Grey
Mar '05
DRS Blue

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